Mom's Pimento Chip Dip

[Beezer]

It was to die for!

She bought it in the late 70's but I haven't found it anywhere on grocer's shelves in my Province. It was a pink container. Do any of you remember this type of dip?

 

[Aunt Bea]

This is the only commercial pimento cheese product that I remember, the jars always ended up as our juice glasses.


There are various easy recipes for pimento dips and spreads, give it a Google.

When I buy pimento, I look for these GOYA canned pimentos.

 

[jujube]

For me, the best pimento cheese is a brand called "Palmetto Cheese". It was first made on Pawley's Island in South Carolina and it was hard to find outside the state. Now, Walmart carries it and so does Amazon. I always ate it on crackers and cooked with it.

Alas, I have been denied any dairy products at all for the forseeable future, so alas, I cannot eat it. I'm mourning....disconsolate...missing my best cheesy friend....

 

[dobielvr]

The only Pimento dip I remember is what Aunt Bea mentioned above. My mother would buy it and spread it on celery. I've seen some really good recipes for home made though.

 

[Jules]

Beezer, as a fellow Canadian, I’ve looked high and low and can’t find pimentos, let alone the dip. I remember it in my youth. So elegant in your celery. At least I thought so back then.

 

[hearlady]

I don't share this with many people. Thee best! This is more of a spread than a dip. You could thin with buttermilk, I guess.

 

[Beezer]

I don't share this with many people. Thee best! This is more of a spread than a dip. You could thin with buttermilk, I guess.

Thank you! Hon and I will give it a whirl!

 

[Jules]

@Beezer, in which grocery store do you find them. Amazon is $32 for a little jar.

 

[Aunt Bea]

When I was a kid there was an elderly spinster that always brought a small bowl of macaroni salad with diced pimentos and cheese to our family reunion. I think that she used Creamette brand macaroni.

All of the older women used to quietly laugh and cluck about the small amount for such a large gathering and they all made a beeline for that little bowl.


Pimento Cheese Macaroni Salad - Plain Chicken

 

[Beezer]

in which grocery store do you find them

Perhaps Loblaws carries it? Not sure as I never frequent that store.

 

[Aunt Bea]

@Beezer, in which grocery store do you find them. Amazon is $32 for a little jar.

In a pinch you could substitute roasted red peppers.

They are not as sweet but very similar.

 

[Marie5656]

This is the only commercial pimento cheese product that I remember, the jars always ended up as our juice glasses.

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There are various easy recipes for pimento dips and spreads, give it a Google.

When I buy pimento, I look for these GOYA canned pimentos.

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I remember that spread.....do they even make it any more? I should look

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I remember pimento dip, it was delicious!

 

[Jules]

Perhaps Loblaws carries it? Not sure as I never frequent that store.

No.

I even went to a specialty store last year and they said they can’t get them.

@Aunt Bea, if a recipe calls for them, I’ll do the substitution. Tks.

 

[JB in SC]

Palmetto Cheese is about the closest to home made I’ve tried. They have a whipped version now that’s a great dip. My wife has a recipe from her mother (both her mother and grandmother were county home economists) that’s really good, using sharp cheese, it’s a pain to grate and requires a powerful mixer, but worth the trouble for really excellent pimento cheese.

Her cheese straws are to die for too.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Palmetto Cheese is about the closest to home made I’ve tried. They have a whipped version now that’s a great dip. My wife has a recipe from her mother (both her mother and grandmother were county home economists) that’s really good, using sharp cheese, it’s a pain to grate and requires a powerful mixer, but worth the trouble for really excellent pimento cheese.

Her cheese straws are to die for too.

I haven’t thought of cheese straws in years!

Mine were always shaped like coins, similar to this recipe for Cheese Hokies from Gladys Taber.



Julia Baird - Cloud 9 Cookery

 

[Jules]

I made something similar in the 70s. Cheese was considered a staple back then.

edit: mine were rolled like a straw.

Laughed at this the link.

”Serve with cocktails, highballs, tomato juice, soup or salads.”

Cocktails or highballs also were a staple.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Laughed at this the link.

”Serve with cocktails, highballs, tomato juice, soup or salads.”

Cocktails or highballs also were a staple.

To everything there is a season…

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Beezer, as a fellow Canadian, I’ve looked high and low and can’t find pimentos, let alone the dip. I remember it in my youth. So elegant in your celery. At least I thought so back then.

Hey Jules,
Have you tried Unico?

 

[Jules]

Hey Jules,
Have you tried Unico?
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What store did you find them in?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

What store did you find them in?

I didn’t find them in any store. I put diced pimentos in a search for Canadian items.
Sorry.

 

[Jules]

I didn’t find them in any store. I put diced pimentos in a search for Canadian items.
Sorry.

There are none in any of the grocery stores here, even the specialty shops.

 

[CallMeKate]

In a pinch you could substitute roasted red peppers.

Yes... I use these. Not hard like raw peppers would be... nice and soft and good sub. Around $2-3 at WalMart.

 

[Jules]

In a pinch you could substitute roasted red peppers.

They are not as sweet but very similar.

I have a jar from Costco. What was I thinking? I don’t even have a clue about what I was planning on making. My fridge is small and packed with everything but what I need. I really need to get the kalamata (sp?) olives in there.

 

[JB in SC]

I haven’t thought of cheese straws in years!

Mine were always shaped like coins, similar to this recipe for Cheese Hokies from Gladys Taber.

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Julia Baird - Cloud 9 Cookery

My mom made cheese biscuits like those.

My wife’s are like these, she uses a cookie type press.